chloroethane
Also known as monochloroethane, Hydrochloric ether, Muriatic ether, mono-chloroethane, ethyl chloride
Chloroethane, commonly known as ethyl chloride, is a chemical compound with chemical formula CH3CH2Cl, once widely used in producing tetraethyllead, a gasoline additive. It is a colorless, flammable gas or refrigerated liquid with a faintly sweet odor.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H5Cl
- Molecular weight
- 64.51 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- chloroethane
- SMILES
- CCCl
- InChIKey
- HRYZWHHZPQKTII-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.2
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Chloroethane, commonly known as ethyl chloride, is a chemical compound with chemical formula CH3CH2Cl, once widely used in producing tetraethyllead, a gasoline additive. It is a colorless, flammable gas or refrigerated liquid with a faintly sweet odor.
Ethyl chloride was first synthesized by Basil Valentine by reacting ethanol and hydrochloric acid in 1440. Glauber made it in 1648 by reacting ethanol and zinc chloride.